New York State Reformatory Inmate Nationality Register
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
0.3 cubic feet
(1 volume)
Arrangement
Chronological by receiving date and therein by nationality.
Scope and Content Note
Pages 1 to 175 of the register record inmates first by their receiving date, then by nationalities, which range from Austria to West Indies.
Totals are given for the beginning of the fiscal year (October 1) to the current month; current month; the two totals combined; number of foreign and native inmates; and a grand total.
Pages 500 to 569 list Italian inmates chronologically by date received and include names of inmates, inmate numbers, what county they are from, their crime, maximum sentence, age, how many years in the United States, what court they were tried at, and the name of the presiding judge.
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